Enrollment
183
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE POINT SD 9·NCES 410450000413
Shady Cove School
37 Schoolhouse Ln, Shady Cove, OR 97539 · (541) 878-1400 · Jackson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL183 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Oregon public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Oregon public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
174 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 17% larger than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
37.8%
OR avg 43.0% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
35.7%
OR avg 31.8% . +5.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 35.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.9% | 29.9% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Oregon schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Oregon's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Shady Cove School
Shady Cove School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Cove School this school | 183 | 95.1% | 34.4% |
| Riley Creek Elementary School Gold Beach | 212 | 91.0% | 27.5% |
| Rosland Elementary LaPine | 155 | 98.7% | 15.5% |
| Keno Elementary School Keno | 183 | 90.2% | 43.5% |
| Brockway Elementary School Winston | 224 | 92.0% | N/A |
| Bonanza Elementary School Bonanza | 206 | 92.7% | 29.8% |
Matched among Oregon elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Shady Cove School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #294 of 591 | #12 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #293 of 646 ▲ 82 | #13 of 33 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #382 of 646 ▼ 63 | #19 of 33 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 183 | #598 of 710 | #32 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #107 of 645 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.2% | #33 of 493 | #4 of 28 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
183
-54 (-23%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 150
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 19.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 183 | 11.3 | 16.3:1 | 95% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | 71% (152) |
| 2022-23 | 237 | 12 | 19.8:1 | 70% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 237 | 12 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 287 | 13 | 22.1:1 | 70% (202) |
| 2015-16 | 291 | 13 | 22.4:1 | 71% (206) |
| 2010-11 | 198 | 9 | 22.0:1 | 65% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 9 | 21.6:1 | 49% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 150 | 6 | 25.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shady Cove School.
Since 2017-18: students down 36% (287 to 183); teachers down 13% (13 to 11.3).
About Shady Cove School
A small elementary school in Shady Cove, Oregon, Shady Cove School is part of Eagle Point SD 9. It enrolled 183 students in kindergarten through 6 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 43% lower than the average for elementary schools in Oregon, which is about 321.
Eagle Point SD 9 includes 11 schools. Together they enroll 4,134 students.
White students account for 78% of enrollment at Shady Cove School. Enrollment also includes 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Native American. County-wide, about 81% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Shady Cove School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Federal staffing data show 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Shady Cove School and a ratio of 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Oregon have a similar average ratio of 16.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 95% of students. For comparison, public schools in Jackson County average 84%.
Shady Cove School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Oregon public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.7% for Shady Cove School. The school posts 34.4%, 8.7 points above the prediction.
Census estimates describe Jackson County this way: median household income is about $73,999, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Jackson County number 70 and enroll about 30,143.
The school nearest to Shady Cove School is Eagle Rock Elementary School, at a distance of about 9.6 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Shady Cove School places 3rd of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment was 237 in 2020-21 and 183 in 2024-25, a decrease of 54 students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.3:1.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
222,645
Census ACS
Median income
$73,999
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
70
30,143 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eagle Point SD 9
- Eagle Point High SchoolHigh · 1,000 students
- Table Rock ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Eagle Point Middle SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Hillside ElementaryElementary · 401 students
- Crater Lake AcademyCombined · 395 students
- White Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 377 students
Nearby schools
- Eagle Rock Elementary School9.6 mi · 288
- Eagle Point Middle School9.6 mi · 484
- Eagle Point High School10.2 mi · 1,000
- Hillside Elementary10.5 mi · 401
- URCEO-Upper Rogue Center for Educational Opportunities10.5 mi · 186
- Sams Valley Elementary School11.0 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Shady Cove SchoolHow many students attend Shady Cove School?
Shady Cove School enrolls approximately 183 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Shady Cove School serve?
Shady Cove School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Shady Cove School have?
Shady Cove School employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Shady Cove School?
Student demographics at Shady Cove School are roughly 78% White, 11% Hispanic, 8% Two or more.
What district is Shady Cove School in?
Shady Cove School is part of Eagle Point SD 9.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.